The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-04-15
AT HEADQUARTERS.
The News Sent From Wash
ingtOn on Thursday.
MUTILATING NEW CURRENCY.
A New Cattle TraiI-The Preside:
and the PaSdon Business
BIaine-Other Notes.
News NJ the Nation.

WASHINGTON, April IA There. was re
ceiyed at the United States Treasury
to-day for redemption a package OF
new United Stat notes of small de
nomination TO the amount OF SIOOG,
s. which were nlutilated by having a noie
punched through them through Whlch
a lord had been pushed, and then
sealed on the outside of the wrapper.
The package was sent to washington
by express by the National Bank IN
Texas. The InutIIation was evidently
intended
As AN ADDITIONAL SAFEGUARD
in the transportation of notes. This is
ssid to be the practice of many of the
southern express companies in the
transportation of money to the
present is the first instance
Enipiured notes have been treated in
this way. It is not known whether
these particular notes were mutilated
nv the bank or by the Express Com
many. but il IS thought at the depart
ment that It was done by the bank to
secure exchange on New York at the
expensa of the government. Acting
Treasurer Whelpley refused to receive
the notes and directed them to be re-
turned 10 the bank at their expense,
with statement that such mutiIations
are considered violations of the law,
and viii not be permitted by the de
DartmenJ.
A report was recently received at the
Treasury Department from Special
Agent Beecher, at San francisco, in re-
gard 10 the landing at that port OF three
Cinnamon
ON RETURN CERTIFICATES
purporting TO be issued by Mr.. Bush,
collector OF customs at Port Townsend, ;,
but which certificates were subse-
quently discovered TO be fraudulent,
the collector signature having been
forged. The blank forms used were
genuine and are supposed to be part of
a lot stolen from the custom house IN
1885. II IS said that the forgery was
committed by a person who knew that
there Tas a break of about 100 numbers
in the series received at Port Town
send, and that he purposely made use
of intervening numbers In view of the
fact that the collectors at SanFrancisco,
Portland and Astoria have boon aItYi sed
not 20 accept as genuine returned certi-
icates bearing any or the numbers
comprised within the break in the Sc
ries, the department does not feel
GRiled on 10 take any action in the case
bevond advising the prosecution of
offenders, should they be discovered.
The Secretary of the Interior, upon
consideration OF the request presented
by castle owners in Texas for the es-
Enlistment of
NEW CATTLE TRAIL
through the Chickasaw Territory, has
decided that there is no law that en-
powers the Interior Department to
make the appropriation of such a por-
ton of the land of the Chickasaw Ma
ton, as would be required for the es-
Enlistment of such a trail. The
governor of the ChickasaW Nation
complains that the cattle driven
over thezpresent route are allowed to
Craze On valuable ranges along the trail
at the expense of the nation. The
Secretary in his decision, SAYS after re.
tuslng to grant the change: IF, how
ever, such cattle are permitted to
wander outside of the proper limits of
THE ESTABLISHED CATTLE TRAIL
and public highways. and are allowed
10 trespsSS upon the grazing or other
lands OF the Chickassws, and complaint
OF such trespass is made : by the
Ghlckasaws to the proper officer of the
' department. it will be bound to take
suen action as will, in its judgment,
tulnI tue guarantees contained in the
.LeSties With these Indians and enforce
.he law against the trespassers and in
IuuerS IN the Indian TERRITORY,
THE PRESIDENT
mas taken action on applications for
= PARDON IN the following cases: Hi.
Mengs, who was convicted of embez-
zllng money from the mails and SEN
fenced to nine years. imprisonment in |
Chester, Ill, was pardoned.
W. Il. Branum, now serving q vear's |
sentence IN the Southern Illinois Peni- |
tenilafy Tor breaking into a postoffice |
WIN intent to steal, was pardoned.
"a pardon was denied in the case |
Vi george 5. DOugherty, convicted |
VI violating the election laws. Favorable |
SCtloa was taken on the application Or |
apaTQon for John Smith, confined in |
me arkansas Penitentiary for assault |
with intent to kill.
10 The case Of Selah c. Carl. convicted |
" counIerieitlng, and sentenced TO if |
t teeH years IN the Erie County Peni-t
seut,aEZ5 the President commuted the |
sentence to seven years Imprisonment. |
ne mas already been in prison about |
seven years.
LaIdonS were granted in the following |
EFS isss II Eugene r. Walton, late teller |
1isst National Bank OF New York: COZ
HHc1Sd OF making false entries: Stephen |
Of o. I.lssei, convicted in Massachusetts
60 ~ c-2:-9!aterieiting; VIM. Il. Overhoit !
tt sow OF Robin. the mails and ser.
500 10 ten years Imprisonment in |
"'s Southern Illinois penitentiarv.
lo1 Hessrse action was taken in the fols
IN. eases: William lie Baron, Dis
C G,.. Mimi: B. 7. Hubbar1. Northern
We OF Illinois; Thomas w. ADV, |
c %e@'s a district of Texas; George MID
a., eastern district of Pennsylvania
~ Inc pardons mentioned above
~ ssss granted on the reccmmendations
Jo l.,-ae's who conducted the prosecu-